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Amazing scenes caught by the storm chasers on friday, but it's easy to forget just how dangerous that job could be and those men and women are risking their lives. i want to show you this. the tornado hunt 2013 truck that belonged to the weather channel team and this is how it ended up this way. meteorologist mike bettis and his crew got caught in the tornado and at one point their truck was lifted off the ground and thrown 600 feet into a field. amazingly and thankfully everyone was able to walk away from the scene. bettis did suffer some minor injuries. here's him talking about what it was l...

A mother and her baby. >> i hope no more fatalities, but i think we will have so many people with injuries. >> such a busy highway, i-40, i-35 as well. a lot of cars were affected by that. >> take a lock at this picture. this is mike bettes. not mike bennett but mike bettes's car. >> from the weather channel, yes. >> from the weather channel, yes. this is, what does it say, tornado hunt 2013. mike bet sis okay. mike bettes is okay. this is out where lance west is located right now. of course you saw all of the video and you know, we're showing you that monster tornado out there. this is that w...

England. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> meanwhile, take a look at this. a meteorologistis meteorologise weather channel was hurt after the tornado hunt car in which he was riding was thrown some 200-yards. the suv they were riding in was caught up in a storm near el reno. they were wearing seatbelts and they were able to walk away from the banged up vehicle. a weather field team has been in the field -- a weather team has been in the field for most of may. this is the first time they have been hurt chasing storms. you think that the storm chasers are immune or bulletproof. they are not. >> you see ...

Levels of risk assessment. slight risk, moderate rix, and high risk. right now they've upgraded that center part of the country to a moderate risk. pretty good chance we'll see some storms. the storms are going to go off to the east eventually. more unsettled weather in new england as we head into the workweek. it does look like the heat's going to come back and keep the rough weather out through parts of the ohio valley and on through parts of the midwest where they'll be on the great tornado hunt once again today. alex? >> okay. we'll be looking for information on that as well. ray stagich, ...

And drive away as fast as possible. we'll try to be as close as we can can while being safe but nonetheless these people are in some serious danger out there. >> oh, my gsh, this is twister the movie in real life. okay. be very careful because that was a scary movie. mike bettes, thank you. >> reporter: will do. >> you can follow the great tornado hunt on weather.com. happy mother's day from the bottom of my heart. you're the best mom in the world and i look up to you and every mom should be proud just to be a mom. thank you. h natural instincts. it's clinically proven. 80% of women agreed t...